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Unbowed - A Memoir
by Maathai, Wangari
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +/good +
- ISBN 10
- 0307263487
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263483
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Sarah, Best wishes! Wangari." Tan and green paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering, stated first edition in dustjacket. A good+ copy with bending at the corners and crimping at the spine tips. Minor bumping along the top edge of the front board. A clean and unmarked copy other than the author's signature, in a tight binding as if unread. The jacket is unclipped with matching wear along the panel edges, and the rear flap was folded unevenly from the printer, leading to a short tear at the top of the fold. 314pp., indexed, some black and white photos. The personal memoir of this 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya.
Synopsis
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people's environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through run-ins with the Kenyan government and personal losses, and jailed and beaten on numerous occasions, Maathai continued to fight tirelessly to save Kenya's forests and to restore democracy to her beloved country. Infused with her unique luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai's remarkable story of courage, faith, and the power of persistence is destined to inspire generations to come.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Tangible Tales
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2205
- Title
- Unbowed - A Memoir
- Author
- Maathai, Wangari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307263487
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263483
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- autobiography autobiographies nobel peace prize winner activists activism environmentalists kenyan political feminist feminism signed autographed first editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women;
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